The curlews are a group of eight wader species, characterised by a long slender downcurved bill and mainly brown plumage with little seasonal change.

Curlew

The curlews are a group of eight wader species, characterised by a long slender downcurved bill and…

"Numenius arquata, the Curlew or Whaup, breeds freely on the moorlands of Britain; and extends throughout Northern Europe and Asia to Lake Baikal. The plumage is pale brown with darker streaks, the rump, tail, and axillaries being white, and the two latter barred with brown; the belly is white, the breast nearly in winter." A. H. Evans, 1900

Curlew

"Numenius arquata, the Curlew or Whaup, breeds freely on the moorlands of Britain; and extends throughout…